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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPOUND'ING, ppr. Confining in a pound; restraining.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Impound Im*pound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding.] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping. But taken and impounded as a stray, The king of Scots. --Shak.